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Dec 17, 2021 · COVELO, Calif. — Mexican drug cartels are muscling in on America's burgeoning multi-billion-dollar marijuana industry, illegally growing large crops in the hills and valleys of Northern...
- Beth Warren
Dec 31, 2021 · As the cartels’ wealth and weaponry have grown, and Mexico’s federal government has retreated from its failed military-backed cartel crackdown of the 2000s, gangs have infiltrated remote...
- andrea.castillo@latimes.com
- Staff Writer
Feb 16, 2023 · NewsNation is tracking arrests nationwide that authorities have linked to Mexican drug cartel activities. Check out the interactive map to learn more. Since 2022, more than 300 people in the United States have been charged or arrested for criminal activity linked to Mexican drug cartels.
Jun 18, 2024 · The money laundering scheme was overseen by Edgar Joel Martinez-Reyes, 45, of East Los Angeles, who traveled to Mexico in January 2021 to meet with Sinaloa cartel members and strike a...
Sep 22, 2021 · The cartel, which is based in the city of Culiacan in northwest Mexico, was once led by kingpin Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, who is serving a life sentence in U.S. federal prison for multiple...
Jul 12, 2023 · — The sheriff’s department in Riverside County, California, is waging a war on so-called “no-go” zones in the rural desert, where drug cartels are paying cash for land and setting up illegal marijuana farms. Coined by the residents in the area, these zones are run and protected by Mexican and Asian organized crime groups.
Dec 12, 2022 · The vast majority of fentanyl seizures occur at U.S.-Mexico border crossings in California and Arizona. A DEA agent tracked the source of fentanyl in Mormon country — a Mexican cartel. A...
